China must develop its own equivalent to Anthropic’s Mythos model to counter the cybersecurity risks posed by the artificial intelligence era, according to 360 Security Technology founder Zhou Hongyi, who likened the powerful US technology to a “cyber nuclear weapon”. Released in April with the ability to autonomously identify software vulnerabilities, Mythos has accelerated vulnerability discovery a hundredfold while slashing costs – a “terrifying change” that had effectively “democratised” cyberattacks, Zhou said at a cybersecurity conference in Beijing on Wednesday. The US had been “astute” in creating the Project Glasswing alliance, under which Anthropic in April granted more than 40 organisations access to Mythos Preview to strengthen their cyber defences, Zhou said.

Full report : Anthropic’s Mythos has become a ‘cyber nuclear weapon’ that China cannot afford to leave in US hands alone, says 360 founder Zhou Hongyi.